A three-year-old boy drowned after he reportedly fell into the sea from their stilt house in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur.

The boy’s mother, Josie Albios, said it was about 3:30 a.m. on May 22, 2024 when she returned home from fetching water. Her son, Kurt, was awake and she told him to go back to sleep.

Kurt was reportedly fiddling with a cellphone when Josie fell asleep. She said she was very tired. 

“Mao to nakatulog ko mga tunga sa oras, iyaha napud kong gipalpal, ma, ma.. ana ko og pero nagpiyong akong mata. Kiss ma, nagkiss siya sa akoa. Paghuman og kiss wala ko kabalo og nigawas ba ang akong anak nga nahagbong kay nakatulog gyud ko tungod sa akong kakapoy sa akong lawas kay gikalintura ko,” Josie said.

The family believed that Kurt may have slipped through a hole in the house and fell into the water. It was high tide at that time.

It was their neighbor who told them that Kurt had fallen into the sea.

An hour later, Kurt’s body was found lifeless approximately 50 meters away from their house in Purok Badiawan, Barangay Zone 3.